Cornwall was soggy

Just got back from a week in Cornwall, seeing some old friends. Needless to say, it rained.

No trains running beyond Exeter, and the journey home on Saturday had heavy rain all the way, which eased off occasionally. Not bad time, though, just over 4 hours from Bodmin to Mid Sussex, with two stops on the way to add to that.

I enjoyed a few pints of Tribute, and some good food. The Lanivet Inn did an excellent Sunday roast, and the Hop and Vine in St Austell served a scrumptious steak pie. The Ship at Ugborough had some nice scallops, but you had to go through two floods to get there. The other place tried was the Falmouth Arms in Ladock.

Was surprised when I saw the photos of Malmesbury! Lived at Sherston many years ago so knew Malmesbury well. Normally a beautiful part of the country. Good luck with the next session of rain! Really quite worrying to see water coming into home, I feel for the poor souls who are suffering.

It's still beautiful, Muriel, just distinctly soggy <g> ! Sherston & west of Malmesbury caught the edge of the band of heavy rain from the southwest, which, on top of the already saturated ground from Wednesdays flood and Saturday's day long drizzle was the coup de grāce. It's the highest flood for somewhere between 36 & 70 years.

I live downriver from Malmesbury the flood plains have been doing an exceptional job, with water to a depth of 4-5 feet over about a mile area, which has all been released overnight. Bath'll get it at about 3pm as it takes about 12 hours to flow down there.

Malmesbury is a place I've never visited. It doesn't lie on my routes anywhere. It's funny how often you find places that you know from travelling in one direction, when you are on a journey at right angles, many years later.

I've been using very old 50,000/1 maps down in Cornwall, which don't show later new roads, or the new road numbers. It can be very confusing.

But fun kk, I love old maps. You find all those little windy lanes that hardly anyone knows about. Sometimes lovely old pubs with proper food and lovely beer. Sorry to hear about flooding everywhere, it must be devastating. The trains into London today from further West were a nightmare, coupled with accidents on the Motorway on the way to the station. Its been a long and boring day for me. Just going to cook sausage and mash with onion gravy, yum!! Take care all.

ikwym kk, too many places too little time, it's too easy just to go on autopilot. My SatNav has been a relevation in that respect; when I've got time, choosing the shortest route option takes you through loads of lovely back roads, you would never normally choose as you'd be hopelessly lost.

I love the old 1:50,000 maps too, the New Popular Edition (NPE) had a nicer, more detailed, design to my eye. They're out of copyright & online now -www.npemap.org.uk